Baling-press.



G. E. JACKSON.

BALING PRESS. APPLIOATION FILED ooT. s, 190s. RBNEWED SEPT. 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

G. E. JACKSON.

BALING PRBss.

G. E. JACKSON.

BALING PRESS. i PPLIGATION FILED 00T. e, 190e. BBNBWED SEPT. 7, 1910. 1,053,398.

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G. E. JACKSON.

BALING PRESS. PPLIOATION Him 00T. 6, 1908. RENEWED SEPT. 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED 0G'1.6, 190B. BENEWBD SEPT. 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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WIN aan y SiO TED STATES PATENT orricE- GEORG-'E E. JACKSO, OF NEWARK, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. l Patented Feb;18,1913.A

Application-mea october s,19os,seria1no.45c,a77. renewed september?, 1910. serial No. 580,927'. I

for its primary 'object a press which will be- 4automatic in all of the various opera-tions of compressingv the material, forming it into a bale, feeding the wire around the bale and twistingthe wire, and invwhich the operation will be a continuous one, the bales being automatically tied as they are com-- pressed 'without losing a stroke of the compressing plunger or ram. Y

. rYlihe invention also-has for its object an vimproved mechanism of this character which is so arranged that the operation of feeding the wires up 'to the twistersand the subsequent-*operation of twisting the wires and cutting od Athe twisted end will be performed while the plunger/or ram is at the forward or 'compressing end` of its stroke. And a' further object of the invention, is a simple, durable and -eflicient construction of baling press which 4will be positive-in its action and so timed that no one part will ever interfere withwthe others, but all will work in harmony so that the machinemay be fed a charge at each stroke of the ram Without interfering with the `action-of the wire twisting mechanism, the entire o.peration,as above stated, being a continuous one.

7Withv these and other objects in view, -as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that 1 shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

y Figures 1 andl 1a illustrate in side elevation the entire 'baling press, it being understood that Fig. 1a represents the front portion of the press and is a continuation of Fig. 1; Figs. Q and 2 are top plan viewsof Adifferent portions ofthe press. Figs. V3 and 4 are side elevations in the nature of diagrammatic views, illustrating the mechanism withthe parts in dierent operative positions Fig 5 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the press, parts. being shown broken away and other parts being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 6 is a detail top plan .view

of one of the twister pinionsj Fig. 7 is 'a detail top plan view, on an enlarged scale of a portion of the actuating mechanism hereinafter specically described; Fig. 8 is aside elevation of such actuating mechanism including parts in addition to those shown in Fig. 7; and,'-Fig. 9`is a detail perspective view/of one of the .needle carrying arms'andf wire holders and the actuating mechanism for the latter. f

, Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the .following descriptionand indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

- The framework of my improved lpress may be of any desired construction or design and is preferably mounted upon traveling wheelsso 'that it may be drawn -from place-to' place as desired; V the rear traveling wheels being not shown in the drawing.

rlhe numeral 1 designates .the main drive shaft which extends transversely of the framework, as shown, and vwhich .may beas equipped with a band wheel or pulley 2 around which the band or belt 3 extends, said belt leading from some suitable source of power (notshown).

4 designates the fly or balance wheel. on the opposite end .of the shaft 1 from the pulley 2.

The drive shaft 1 carries a spur pinion 5 which meshes with a relatively large gear wheel 6 on one end of a transverse shaft 7, said shaft being journaled on the framework of the press at the rear of the driveV shaft 1: Spur pinions 8 land 9 are also carried by this counter shaft 7, said pinions meshing respectively with relatively large gear wheels l0 and 11, These gear wheels ger or ram 16, as thev said wheels 10 and 11 rotate. .A

In order to pack `the hay into the compressing chamber of the press, I have provided a fork 17 which hangs down from the forward end -of a `rocking beam 18 fulcrumed intermediate of its ends on a transverse shaft 19 supported upon the press framework. The beam 18 is counterweighted at its rear 'end by some suitable means (not shown),so that it will automatically rock in a direction to raise the fork 17; in order to rock the beam 18 in the' opposite direction to force the fork 17 down into the hay or other materials being baled, the said beam is provided at the rear of its pivot with a depending arm 20. flhis arm, 20 is (formed with a cam 21 and an upwardly extending recess in advance of the cam, the cam -being designed. for engagementV by a roller 22 carried by the pitman, or connecting rod 15, so that as the pitm-an reciprocates, it w1l1 force the fork 17 down into the hay on'the rearward stroke of the plunger, and will permitthe fork to swing upwardly and out of the hay'upon the forward movement of the plunger.

My `invention comprises means whereby when the bale has reached a`predetermined size, a clutch will beso lset in operation as to 'bring into play the wire-twisting mechanisms. This means consists ofa star wheel 23 which is mounted on the same shaft with a relatively small spur pinion 24, the prongs of the star wheel working into the baled mav terial so that the said wheel will rhave an intermittent rotary movement imparted )to it as the material is being fed into the bal' ing chamber and compressed therein. The

' .spur pinion 24 meshes with a relatively large spur pinion 25 which is mounted on a trans-` versely' extending shaft 26 as best seen in Figs. 2?, 3 and 4. The shaft 26 `carries at one end `a bracket 27 formed with lugs 28 and 29 (see Fig. la) A pivoted dog 30 is carried by the bracket 27 and is weighted at one end and rformed with a shoulder 31 designed to rest upon or against the lug 29, as the shaft' 26 is turned through the instrumentality of the star wheel 23 and its correlated parts. The do 30 during a portion of the movement of sal shaft. will rest against the lug 29 and the forward end ofthe dog will be free from engagement with the other lug 28; but when the bale has reached the required size, the dog 30 will have brought its nose! up against'the rear side of a lever 32 and then the lug 28 will engag'e the rear edge of the dog or push the same against the rear face of said lever and shove the hooked upper end of said lever off of the extended edge 33 of the bearing standard 34.in which one end of the shaft 26 is journaled. rIhe lever 32 is formed with a weighted end 35, and is pivoted a's shown to the front end of an operating rod 36. As the lever is then pushed' from its support on the standard 34, it4 and the operating rnd4 36 will be permitted to :lower or dro so as to come into the path of movement o a lug 47 carried on the plunger 16, which will pull the operating rod 436 forwardly for a purpose to be presently explained. The operating rod 36'isprovided at its rearl end with a casting 37. The said casting is pivotally connected to the crank 38 of a transversely extending clutch shaft 39. AA spring 36a is connected to..the rear end of the operating rod 36 and somestationary portion of the framework, the said spring exerting a. tension'on said rod to pull it rearwardly. The clutch 39 is operatively connected to clutches 40 and is arranged in any suitable way to throw said clutches positively into engagement with the gear wheels 41 and 42 (see Fig. 2) whenever'the rod 36` is pulled forwardly.V These gear wheels 41 and 42 'are mounted loose on their shafts 43 and 44, and when coupled to the shafts serve to operate the wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, which will be hereinafter specifically set forth.

Preparatory to describing the wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, I shall describe how the operating rod 36 is actuated, reference being particularly had to Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 8. The operating rod 36 carries a casting 45 which is fastened thereto by bolts or other similar devices. A trip arm 46 is pivotally connected to the casting 45 to swing about a substantially horizontal axis, the downwardly extending end of said arm being designed tov be struck by the above mentioned lug 47 which is secured to and which projectsv laterally from the plunger or'ram'l. A trigger 48 in the form of a bell crank lever is fu'lcrumed on the casting 45 in the rear of the trip arm 46, the for- -wardly extending arm of'said trigger nor-` mally engaging the upper end of the trip arm. A spring 50 serves to hold these parts in normal eng'gagement` As .'the plunger moves forwardly, after the operating rod 36 has' been lowered as before described, the lug 47 ofthe plunger will engage the trip arm 46 and pull the operating rod' 36 forwardly. In this forward movement of the parts, the upwardly extending arm 48 ofthe trigger will engage an abutment 51, secured to the press framework, just after the operating rod has been pulled forwardly far enough to effect the engagement of'itsjlug 52 with a pivoted gravity latch 53, where upon,l in the continued forward movement of the plunger, the trigger 48 will be swung out of engagement with the trip arm' 46 and the lug 47 will be permitted t-o passthe pirated trip arm 46 the spring 36 instantly pulling the operating rod 36 rearwardlyto, effect the firm engagement of the lug`52 with the latch 53. It will thus be seen that the plunger will be permitted to continue its forward movement'inde end-v ently of the operating rod '36 while sai rod is held at the `forward limitof itsmovement 'by the latch53 in a position to hold the clutches 40 thrown in. As the plunger thus continues this forward movement, it is alinement withv the needles.

the wires that are first passed by handI rthrough 'the needles 64 and that are unof the 'with a radial slot 7.1 permit the insertion of two strands of wire" operating rod 36 willf be automatically' dropped so that` upon the next forward movement of the plunger, the said plunger will pull t-he operating rod 36 forwardly and throw inthe clutches for the .wire twisting and feeding mechanisms. 1 shall now describe such mechanisms and the means for actuating the same.

Referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the relatively large gear wheel 10 is formed on its outer face with two segments`56 and 57 spaced from eachl other, and that the corresponding gear wheel 11 isl formed with a similar segment 58so mounted as to operate after the segment 56 has operated and before the segment 57 has' operated. The segments 56 and 57 are designed respectively for raising and lowering the needle carrying arms, and they are both designed to successively engage the gear wheel 41 to turn the shaft 43 after such gear wheel 41 has been coupled to said shaft. The shaft 43 carries at its outer end a crank disk 59 to which the rear end of theconnecting rod 60, is secured by a wrist pin 60". The connecting rod 60 extends forwardly along one sidev framework and is connected at its front end to. the crank 61 of a shaft 62 journaled to oscillate about its longitudinal axis. Mounted upon the shaft 62 are arms 63 pro- .vided at their outer ends with needles 64 and also provided with wire. guides 65 in 66 vdesignates wound from coils, spools or the like 67 journaled in-hangers depending from the press framework.

68 designates tensioning devices of an57 desired character intended to prevent a too free movementof the spools or coils, so as to prevent the wire from rl`he needlesV 64 carry the wires up to the twisters 69, there being one twister for each wire, the said twisters being mounted to rotate about yvertical axes on stub shafts 70 mounted in 'any desired way on the framework. Each twister pinion is formed which is of a width to and narrow enough to prevent said strands from passing'each other'in the slot, whereby as the pinions rotate, after two wires have beenfed therein, they will twist the wires in an obvious manner. The twister pinions 69 are caused to rotate simultaneously by means of gear wheels 7'2 which mesh thereby means of wheels,

'being provided `nected at its upper becoming slack.-

ions 69..

and the said gear wheels 7 2 are rotated bevel pinions 73 fast with said with,

tically disposed bevel pinions 74 all keyed or otherwise secured uponV a transverse shaft 75. Theshaft 75 is provided at one end with a bevel pinion 76 meshing with a' corresponding pinion 77 lon the forward end of a forwardly and upwardly extending actuatingshaft 78. This shaft is provided at its rear end with -a pinion 79 meshing with a pinion 80 secured to the shaft 44. Hence it will be understood that the shaft 78 is turned to rotate the twister pinions, through the instrumentality of the segment 58 meshing with the gear :wheel 42, afterv the segment 56 has eected the raising of the needle carrying arms and before the seg-v ment 57 has eected the lowering of said arms. That is to say,'th'e twisters 4will'be operated while the needles hold the wires therein, it being understood thatl the twisting isperformed on those portions of the wiresthat are located between the needles 64 and` the guides 65, as the partsare so arranged that the pinions will lie between the needles 64 and guides 65;.when thelieedle carrying arms 63 are inthe upper? ing with the wire twisting pinions 69 are a series of wire holders 81, said wire holders with a plurality of radially said bevel pinions meshing with verp position.' Coactextending pins82, and being journaled vto f I rotate about vertical axes in an arched bar 83 mounted upon the framework.V The several pin wheels or wire holders 81 are provided atl the upper ends of their' shafts with'bevel pinions 84 meshing with pinions 85 secured to a transverse shaft 86, said shaft being journaled in standards formed onthe arched bar 83, as The shaft 86 is provided at oneend with a ratchet wheel 87, said ratchet wheel-being designed to be` engaged crank lever 89, said lever being fulcrumed at 90 as indicated in Figs. 5 and 9.. A vertically extending rod 91 is pivotally conend to the horizontally extending arm of the bell crank lever 89, and the lower end of said rod carries arecessed bracket 92 designedfor engagement witha ng'er 93 secured to and projecting perpendicularly from the shaft 62.

As best seen in 94 is pivotally connected at its rear end to the casting 45 and extends upwardly and forwardly therefrom and is designed to be brought into engagement with the inwardly extending end 95 of adepending arm 96 secured to a transverseshaft 97. This shaft lcarries a series of tappets 98 designed for engagement with the respective twister pin- Itis to be understood that theparts are so arranged as to bring the twister pinicns around to the relative Aposition illur' best seen in Fig. 9u

Figs. 1, 3 and 4 `a push rod l by a spring pressed vp'awl 88 carried by the upper arm of a bell r brought up to them by arm to rock the shaft trated in Fig. 6 after the twisting Operation has been completed. Then upon the next forward movement of the operating rod 36 as before described, the front end of the push rod 94 will engage the arm 96 and rock the rod 97 so as to cause the tappets 98 to press upon the teeth X of the several pinions, thereby turning said pinions lntil saidtappets bear against the teeth Y, insuring; that the pinions will be adjusted .so that their slots 71 will beeinproper position toreceive the `wire subsequently fed to them by the needles. As the needles are the turning ofthe 'shaft will be brought into engagement with a depending arm 102 secured to t-he front end of the push`rod 94 and this will push said rod upwardly'and free its forward end from the inturned end of the arm 96, the spring 96a then at once acting uponl said 97 rearwardly so as to release the tappets from the twister pinions, in order t at said pinions may then be entirely free to be rotated by the revolution of the shaft 75, and thus twist the wires. 99 designates a sprocket chain which is designed to operate the laterally extendingl feed mechanism such as an endless conveyer or the like (not shown), the sprocket wheel of said chain that is mounted on the shaft 1,00 being normally loose thereon and being coupled thereto by means of an vactuating clutch 101, this mechanism being provided so that'the operator may `stop the feed actuating mechanism Whenever desired.

At the beginning of the Ipractical operation-of my improved baling press, the wires are fed by hand up through the needles 64 and are looped around one of the pins of the respective wire holders 81, and it is then to be assumed, in describing the subsequent operation of the parts that the needle carrying arms have been swung down to their lowermost positions. As the hay or other material to be baled is fed into t-he baling chamber of the press, it is packed therein by .the fork 17 and compressed by the plunger or ram 16, it being understood that at the beginning of the operation the lever 32 is locked over the extended end 33 of the standard 34, so that the operating rod 36 will be held in an inoperative positlo-n relative to the lug 47 of the plunger. The operating rod, it is also to be understood, is held at the rearward limit of its movement by the spring 3.6a and consequently the clutches 40 are thrown out. As

the vmaterial is compressed in the balingchamber, an intermittent movement will beimparted to the star wheel 23, and when the bale reaches a predetermined size, the dog 30 -will push'the lever 32 from olf the standard 34, thereby causing the operating rod 36 to drop. This position of the parts is illus- Fig. 3, this view also showing that trated in `and held by the engagement the plunger maybe at the forward limit of its movement at this time.l In the next rearward traverse of the plunger or ram, it is obvio-us that it will engage the pivoted block 54, and the lug 47 will ride underneath the beveled forward face of said block thereby raising the operating rod 36. But, as at this time, the said rod is at the rear limit of its movement, as indicated by4 dotted lines in Fig. 8,'and as consequently it is in'a less inclined position than it would be if it were at the forward limit of its movement, as illustrat-ed in full lines in Figs. 8 and 4, an engagement of the lug 47 with the block 54 will raise the forward -end of the operating rod 36 a distance insufficient to carry the hooked upper end of the lever 32 back upon the extended end of the standard 34. It ywill just fall short of being carried up over the point of said standard. Hence the operating rod will continue in its lowered position asthe plunger moves rearwardly. In the succeeding forward stroke of the` plunger, the lu 47 thereof will engage the trip arm 46 an pull the operating rod 36 forwardly.- As `soon as this movement has continued `far enough to insure that the lug 52. has passed the hooked end of the latch 53, the' trigger 48 will 4be engaged by the abutment 57 and will be sprung to release the trip arm 46 therebypermitting the plunger to continue its forward movement independent of the operating rod 36, the said rod being caught ofthe latch 53 with the lug 52. Then the plunger, in its continued forward movement will also pass the block 54 which is permitted -to have a free forward swing, and as soon as the plunger reaches the forward limit of its movement, the wire feeding and twisting operations will take place, 1t being of course understood that the forwardvmovement of the operating rod 36 has thrown in the clutches 40. As the push rod 94 is carried forwardly by the operating rod 36, it will rock the shaft 97 and turn the twisters so that their slots will properly register with the wires which are at once fed into them;.and, immediately i following this movement of' the twister pinions, the arms 63' will be swung upwardly so as to carry thewires around the bales, wires being fed into the vneedles 64 and in the wire guides 65. Simultaneously and commensurate with the movement of the needle carrying arms 63, is the movement of the wire holders 81 effected by the pawl and ratchet mechanismillustrated in Figs. 5 and 9 so that the wires will be held above the twister pinions by being looped over the pins of the wire holders and willlbe h eld below the pinions by the wire guides 65. Immediately uponthe passage of wires into the slots 71 of the twisterpinions, the bracket 103 will push upwardly on'the depending arm 102 and release the push rod 94 of engagementwith the gear wheel 42, the

segment57 will come into action and effect the second half of the revolution of the crank disk 59to lower the needle carrying arms, while just preceding this movement, the Vshaft 78 has acted to cut thefwires by wire cutting devices such as those illustrated in Letters Patent of the United States #919,585,

granted to me April 27, 1909.

After the needles have been lowered, the plunger instantly. commences its 'rearward traverse and, in so doing, its lug 47 engages the beveled edge of the block 54 and thereby raises the operating rod 36 so as to disengage the lug 52 from the latch 53 thereby permitting the said operating rod to be pulled rearwardly and throw the clutches 40l out, the upward movement of the o erating rod also being at this time sufficient to carry the hooked upperend of the lever 32 above theV extended upper end of the standard 34, because at this time, the rod 36 is in the full line position illustrated inv Fig. 8, and is more inclined than 'it would be if it were at the. rear limit of fits movement, and its front end is therefore higher. Hence the weighted end of the lever 32 will cause the upper endof said lever to engage with said standard so as to hold the operf ating rod in an elevated inoperative position until the next bale is formed.' In this upward movement of thek operating rod andlever, the 'weighted end of said lever will cause the hooked upper end to ride under the lower rear edge of the standard untilV the point of the latter has been reached and will thus cause said hooked end'to engage the surface 33. As the clutches 40 are now thrown"l out, the press will feed in and compress, while the wire feeding and twistingmechanisms are in inoperative positions, until the `next bale reaches .the required size.'

It is to be particularly noted that the wire feeding and twisting operations are performed with the plunger. at thev forward'l compressing en d of its stroke, the plunger being formedVV with longitudinally extending slots 16a for the passage of the needles and needle carrying arms, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 2*",- and indicated also in Figs. 4 and 5.v VHence theoperlation of Amy balng press-is a continuous one', .material being fed into the pres'sat each'backward stroke of the plunger and being automatically baled after the' compressed vcharge hasreached a 4predetermined size. I n p U Having thus descrlbed the 1nvent1on,what is claimed as new is:

1. In a ballng press, the combination of toward the holdervand twister.

compressing mechanism, means for actuatingfthe same, a wire holder, a wire twister, means for actuating said wire twister, a needle arranged to feed the wire to the wire holder and twister, an arm carrying'said needle, a shaft carrying said arm and ar-v ranged to move the same toward and from the wire holder and twister, and means carried by said shaft for intermittingly turning the wire holder upon the movement of said shaft in a. direction to carrylthe needle 2. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, means for actuating the same, a rotatable wire holder, a wire twister, means for actuating said twister, a needle adapted to carry the wire to the holder and twister an arm carrying said needle, means carrying said "arm and adapted to move the same in a Idirection to carry lse the needle toward/and away from the wire f holder and twister, and means secured to the arm carrying means arranged to intermittently move the wire holder'upon themovement of the needle toward the same.

3. In abaling press, the combination f compressing mechanism, means for actua ing the same, a rotatable wire holder, a wire twister, means for actuating said wire twister, a needlefadapted to carry the wire tothe twister and wire holder, a swingingV arm carrying the needle, a shaft upon which said arm is mounted, means 4for turning said shaft, another shaft, said last named shaft having a connectionvwith said wire holder to turn the same, a ratchet'c'arried by v.said last named shaft, a pawl mesh' ing with said ratchet, a bell crank one armI of vwhich carries the pawl, a rod suspended from. the other .arm 'of said bell crank, a bracket secured to said rod, and'another arm, said last named arm being movable with thelshaft which carries the needle `carrying arm and being adapted to engage said bracket in the movement yof the needle toward the twister and wire holderwhereby to move said rod downwardly and rock4 the kbell lcrank in a direction to turn the wire holder. f y v 4. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism,means 'for actuating the same, a rotatable wire holder, a wire twister, means for lactuatin vthe wire twister, al pinion movable wlth the wire holder, another pinion meshing vfirst named pinion, Va shaft carrying said last named pinion, a ratchet secured` to said shaft, a pawl meshing with said ratcheta 'bell -crank onev arm of which carries Vsaid' pawl, a rod ivotallyl connected to the other arm of said 'allora-ink, 'a I oraek'et,carried l said rod, a needle adapted to carry thewire up to the wirgtwist'e'r and helder, an'ther arm 'to which the needle is csr'jinected, a shaft. upon which said ar'rn' is mounted, and an other arm extending from said shaft and `movable therewith, said last named arm being adapted to engage the bracket so as torock thebell crank upon 'the movement of the needle toward the wire twister and holder. t

V5. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism including a plunger, means for actuating said plunger, wire holding and twisting mechanisms, means for actuating said mechanisms, and means for setting said actuating means into operation, said last named means includingan voper-ating rod,a casting secured tothe rod, a pivoted trip arm carried by said casting, the plunger being provided with a lug adapted to engage the trip arm'and move, the rod forwardlyv in the forward movement of the plunger, a trigger carried by said casting and arranged to hold said trip arm from a pivotal movement, means f o'r automatically holding ,and engaging the operating rod at the forward limit of its movement, and

.means for automatically releasing the trigger from the trip arm upon the engagement of the operating rod with its -holding means.

6. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism including aplunger, means for actuating said plunger the plunger being provided with a lug, .wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, means for actuating said mechanisms, and means foi setting said actuating means into operation,

vsaid last vnamed means including-an operat ing rod, a castin secured to said rod, means' for lowering sai rod, a trip arm carried by automatically setting said actuating mecha- 'nisms into operation 'at a predetermined point lin the formation of a bale, said last named means including' an operating rod and a lug formed on the plunger and arranged to operatively engage with said rod atgthe beginning of the forward movement of the plunger, and means for automatically disengagingthe plnngerfrom said rod just prior to the completion of the forward stroke of the plunger. v n

8. In a baling press, the combination of compressing means including a lunger, means for actuating said plunger, wire feedkrodl into engagement ing and twisting mechanisms, means for actuating said wire feeding and twisting mechanisms, means for setting said actuating means into operation, said last named means including an operating rod arran ed to be engaged. by the plunger in the vor ward stroke thereof, means for supporting said rod in an inoperative relation to the plunger, means for holding said rod at the forward limit of its movement, and means whereby a rearward stroke of the plunger prior to the engagement of the plunger with such holding means, will move the operating l with its supporting means aforesaid.

9. In'a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, means for actuating the same, a wire holder, a wire twister, means for actuating said wire twister, means for feeding wire to the wire holder and twister, saidmeans including a needle, and an arm carrying said needle, a shaft upon which said arm is mounted,'and means for rocking said shaft, a 'finger secured to said shaft, an arm arranged to be engaged by said finger upon the movement of said shaft in one direction, a rod carrying said arm, a bell crank from which said rod is suspended, a pawl carried by one end of said bell crank, a ratchet with which said pawl engages, a shaft carrying said ratchet .`and agearing connection between said last named shaft and said wire holder. i

10. In abaling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, means foi actuating the same, a wire twisting pinion, means for Irotating Ythe same, said piliion being formed with a slot for the reception of wire, means movable in a definite plane for'carrying the wire into said slot, means'for actuating saidwire' carrying means', and means yindependent of the rotating means for the pinion, for turning said pinion and bringing its slot into the plane of movement of the wire carrying means. i

11. -In a baling press, a twister pinion, means for rotating the same, a tappety designed to engage the pinion to turn it in dependently of said rotating means. a shaft carrying said tappet, and means for automatically turning said shaft. y 12. In a baling press, lthe combination of compressing mechanism, means for actuating thel same, a wire twisting pinion, a tappet designed to move said pinion. means for feeding wire t-o said pinion, a shaft upon which said tappet is mounted, a crank arm ksecured to said shaft', a push rod arranged to strike said crank arm whereby to rock the shaft, means for rotating said pinion, andmeans for automatically releasin the push rod from the crank arm an for returning the shaft to normalposition just prior to the rotation of thepinion.

13. In a baling press, a twister pinion,

means for intermittingly rotating the same, and independent means for engaging and rotating said pinion one tooth at a time.

14. In a baling press, a twister pinion,

means for rotating said pinion, a tappetde-y signed to engage the toothed edgeof the pinion so as to move the same a distance of one toothindependent of the pinion rotating means, and means for actuating said tappet. i

15. In a baling press', the combination of compressing mechanism, means for actuating the same, a wire twisting pinion, a-tapi pet designed to move said pinion, means for feeding wire .to the pinion, a shaft upon which said tappet is mounted, a crank arm secured to said shaft, a push rod arranged to strike said crank arm whereb to rock the shaft, means for rotating said pinion, and means movable by and'with the wire holding means for disengaging the push rod from the crank arm, and for returning the' shaft to normal position just prior to the rotation of the pinion.l 1G. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, means for actuat-l ing the same, a wire. twisting pinion, a tappet designed to move said pinion, a shaft upon which said tappet is mounted, a 'crank arm secured to the shaft, a push rod arranged to strike the crank arm whereby to rock the shaft, means for rotating said pinion, avneedle adapted to feed wire to said pinion, an arm carrying said needle, a

crank. arm during the movement of the' needle toward the wire twisting pinion.

17. In a baling press, theI combination of compressing mechanism including a plunger, wire-feeding mechanism, Wire-twistin v mechanism, and meanscontrolled by sai'.

plunger foract'uating said wire-feeding and wire-twisting mechanisms, with the plunger at the end of its'compressing stroke. p

18. In a baling press, the combination of packing mechanism, compressing mechanism including a, plunger, wire-feeding mechanism, wire-twisting mechamsm, means controlled by said plunger for actuating said wire-feeding and wire-twisting'mecha- 'nisms with `the plunger-at the end of its vcompressing stroke, and means for operat-` ing` said packing mechanism ateach rearward stroke of said plunger.

19. In a baling press, the combinationof compressing mechanism including av plunger, wirefeeding mechanism, wire-twisting mechanism, means for actuating said wire feeding and wire twisting mechanisms with the" plunger at the end of its compressing stroke, a pivotally mounted beam provided at one end with a packing head, and con-v nections whereby said plunger positively actuates said packing beam at each rearward stroke of the plunger.

20, In a baling press, thecombination of i compressing mechanism including a Aplunger provided with a verticalslot, a rigidlneedle-carrying arm, a. fixed piyot underneath the baling chamber for pivotally supporting said arm so as to cause it to swing about its pivotand upwardly in the arc of a circle to pass through the slot in the plunger, the baling chamber being provided with a slot in its bottom to accommodate the needle-carrying arm when the same swings into'wire-feeding position, a crank for actup ating said arm, wire-twisting mechanism and means for actuating said wire-twisting mechanism.

21. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, wire-twisting mech-- anism, means for' actuating said mechanisms,I a' wire-holding disk mounted to rotate `on a vertical axis, means for auto-maii- `cally feeding the wire to said disk and into said wire-twisting mechanism, and means for intermittently rotating said wire-holding disk.

22. In a baling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, wire-twisting -mechanism, means for actuating said mechanisms, a wire-holding disk mounted to rotate on a vertical axis, meansV for feedinga wire to said disk and into said twisting-mechanism, and means for rotating said wire-holding disk simultaneously withthe operation of said feeding means. K

23. .In abaling press, the combination of compressing mechanism, wire-twisting mechanism, means for actuating said mechanisms, a rotatable wire-holding` disk arranged in vertical alinement with said twisting mechanism, a pivotally mounted arm', a needle carried by said arm to feed the wire to said Wire-holding disk and into said wire-twisting mechanism, means for swinging said arm about its pivot into operative position, and means forpositively rotating said wireholding disk simultaneously with the operation of said arm.

24. In a balingpress, the combination of compressing mechanism including a ,plunger, means for actuating said plunger, wirefeeding mechanism, wire-twisting mechanism, means for holding .said wire-feedingand wire-twisting mechanisms inoperative, means controlled by said plunger for automatically setting said wire-feeding and wire-twisting mechanisms into voperation upon the forward movement of the plunger,

means for permitting a definite forward completion of its forward stroke independent of said setting means, said wire-feeding and wire-twisting mechanisms being operated with the plunger at the end of its for` a Wire to said twisting mechanism, means for actuating said wire-feeding mechanism to operative and inoperative positions.,

means for actuating 'said wire-twisting mechanism after the -movement of said wirefeeding mechanism to operative position and prior to? the movement of said wire-feeding mechanism y to inoperative position, and means controlled bythe plunger during its forward stroke .for automatically setting said wire-feeding and wire-twisting mechanisms into operation lat a predetermined point in the formation of a bale, said wirefeeding and wire-twisting mechanisms being operated with the plunger at the end of its forward or compressing stroke:

-26. In a balingpress, the combination of compressing mechanism, means for, actuating the same, a horizontally rotatable wireholder, an actuating shaft operatively connected to said wire-holder, a horizontally rotatable wire-twister y arranged below said wire-holder, means for feeding the wire to said wire-holder and into said wire-twister, means for actuatingsaid twister, a pawland-ratchet mechanism arranged to impart an intermittent rotary movement to Vsaid shaft, and means for actuating said pawland-ratchet mechanism.

27. In a baling press, the combination of .compressing mechanism, means for actuating the same, a rotatable wire-holder, .an actuating shaft operatively connected t0 said wire-holder, a wire-twister, means for feeding' the-wire to saidwire-holder and into said `wire-twister, means for actuating said twister, a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism arranged to impart intermittent rotary movement to said shaft, and means for actuating said pawl-and-ratchet mechanism simultaneously with the operation of "said wire-feeding means.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. JACKSON. [Ls] vWitnesses:

HENRY .LUTJOHAN, THEAnon LAND. 

